elmendorf when he leaves office. >> is mr. elmendorf leaping, saying? >>leaving, that is a good question. the situation is more confusing because he came in on an unexpired term when he started in 2000 and nine -- 2009. my guess is that he would not stay for a while. elmendorf is a democratic appointee. i'm sure the house want their own person there. story about this and i had republican sources close to tom price, who is likely to be the house budget chairman, because paul ryan is moving on to ways and means, likely, indicating he would likely keep elmendorf. and jeff sessions, who would likely be the check -- these -- the chairman of the senate budget also like elmendorf. i think the reason is if they present anserve -- conservative budget, they want a neutral referee. i think there's the possibility he could be allowed to stay on. >> thank you both very much for your time. q&a, our guest is robert a katzman, chief judge of the u.s. circuit court of appeals. ,e talked about his new book "judging statutes," which explores his views about how they shoul

elmendorf when he leaves office. >> is mr. elmendorf leaping, saying? -- leaving, saying? >> that is a good question. the situation is more confusing because he came in on an unexpired term when he started in 2000 and nine -- 2009. my guess is that he would not stay for a while. elmendorf is a democratic appointee. i'm sure the house want their own person there. >> i did a story about this and i had republican sources close to tom price, who is likely to be the house budget chairman, because paul ryan is moving on to ways and means, likely, indicating he would likely keep elmendorf. and the reason i think people were saying that is if they try to present a very conservative budget they want a neutral referee judging it. like the idea that they would install a handpicked referee and then do the budget might give the budget less credibility. he could possibly day -- stay on but it does remain to be seen. >> thank you very much for your time, appreciate it. >> thanks. >> tomorrow night, a debate between bill nye, the science guy and awe for ken happen on the theory of

doug elmendorf is the director of the non-partisan congressional budget office. we welcome you each to the committee today. without objection your written statements will be made part of the record after your oral remarks. i believe all of you hopefully testified before the committee before. you know the lighting systems, so i will not go into that. chairman hochberg, at this time you are recognized for your testimony. >> thank you. chairman hensarling -- >> could you pull the microphone a little closer to you, chairman? >> how is that? is that better? thank you. chairman hensarling and ranking member waters and committee members thank you for testifying before you as the committee considers our reauthorization and progress that ex-im bank has made in supporting u.s. jobs through exports. since our last reauthorization just two short years ago ex-im has supported nearly half a million american jobs while generating nearly $2 billion for the taxpayers. ex-im bank has met all of the reporting requirements set forth in our reauthorization bill and has implemented se

chairman, because paul ryan is moving on to ways and means, likely, indicating he would likely keep elmendorf. and the reason i think people were saying that is if they try to present a very conservative budget they want a neutral referee judging it. like the idea that they would install a handpicked referee and then do the budget might give the budget less credibility. he could possibly day -- stay on but it does remain to be seen. >> thank you very much for your time, appreciate it. >> thanks. >> tomorrow night, a debate between bill nye, the science guy and awe for ken happen on the theory of evolution. mr. ham is a supporter of evolutionism. here's a portion of that debate. >> inherent in this world view is that now, noah and his family were able to build a wooden ship at would house 14,,000 individuals. there are 7,000 kinds and there's a boy and girl for each one. so about 14,008 people. and these people were unskilled. as far as anybody knows they'd never built a wooden ship before. furthermore they had to get all these animals on there and they had to feed them. i you said -- understa

and i got orders to elmendorf, alaska. that's not quite what i had envisioned. so come to find out i did retire from the military at that point and said, you know, elmendorf, alaska, it's a wonderful place, i've been there, it's just not for me and it's not the path that i want my career to be on. so i resigned and then went into private practice. a year later, i joined the voice of america, and just a few months after that i moved to greece and lived on the island of rhodes. and it's so interesting how one door closees and another door opens. and that's the way life is, you know, you can't really plan it. but i've been so blessed and was so excited to be able to work in europe. that was my dream, and i was able to work in greece and germany, and albania, and turkey and travel around the european theater, working and visiting and it was just what wanted, it really worked out well, and some nearly 18 years ago, after six years overseas, i responded to a job ad with the architect of the capitol. had an interview over the telephone, and got a call the next day, off

this weekend, congressional budget office director douglas elmendorf is on newsmakers. you can see newsmakers sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. the national security policy expert says the recent beheading of james foley is not an isolated incident and that our government is aiding jihadist groups. you will hear remarks from the center for strategic policy's frank gaffney. this is about one hour. >> good afternoon. i won the coin toss. whatever it is. i am frank gaffney with the center for security policy and i am delighted to be here with my friend and colleague peter brookes and with all of you. jennifer, thank you very much for including me and this really important topic in your program. i am heartened that you made the point that strong national defense is one of the pillars of this institute. i hope that you all are here because it is for you as well. peter and i divided the labors in terms of explaining what the challenges are to our strong, or not so strong, national defense posture at the moment. i am going to talk to you principally ab

cbo director douglas elmendorf. morning, i'm director of the congressional budget office and thank you for coming. up cbo has just released and date to our previous budget and economic projections. i will briefly summarize the projections beginning with the budget and turning to the economy than my colleagues and i will be happy to try to answer any questions you have. the federal budget deficit has fallen sharply during the past few years. it's on a path to decline further this year and next. later in the coming decade under current law, the gap between spending and revenues would grow again relative to the size of the economy and federal debt would climb. thee specific, we estimate deficit for this fiscal year will amount to $506 billion. it's about 170 billion dollars lower than the deficit in 2013. at 2.9% of gross to mystic product, -- of gross to mystic object -- roddick, it will be much -- of gdp, it will be much lower. we can see what happens if current laws remain unchanged. the baseline projections are des

doug elmendorf, the cbo director, will be our guest.hey put out a new report on the deficit and the debt. a short piece of that interview, now. [video clip] has been a disappointingly slow economic recovery. we do think that growth will pick up over the next few years and the market will strengthen, more people will find jobs. pick up and the improvement that will bring to the budget, because of underlying trends the federal budget is still on an unsustainable path. as the deficits came down over the last few years, a few years from now they will start increasing in size again. the outstanding debt of the federal government is high relative to the fact of the economy in our history. "newsmakers," today at 10 a.m. with doug elmendorf, replaying at 6 p.m. here on c-span. we are talking about the u.s. role in solving world problems. too much, too little, or just about right? the current role of the u.s.. robbie has been waiting from fort pierce, florida. caller: good morning, how are you doing? host: doing fine, sir. caller: right. i think

elmendorf said. >> guest: we haven't gotten to that point and that's why the fed thinks that they can leave interest rates at zero for another year or so because what they call economics lack would be productive capacity meaning idle workers but still want to work can find a job and so that gap between the current 6.2% unemployment rate and then maybe 5.2 to 5.3 would be considered normal and healthy. but until you start tightening the gap wages won't pick up because it will continue to be the on employers market. >> guest: the median wages for the average american's have been pretty much for the better part of the last three decades and that is a major problem for the economy. >> host: federal reserve and the economy for "the wall street journal" thanks for your time. >> when the americans come out west they want the black vote and the crow, they want to turn them into christian farmers and sitting bull isn't about to bend over and scratch and claw at the ground with a whole to try to make a living. and crazy horse isn't going to surrender his pony and look it up to a plow. they are

of the items we expect questions on will be this cbo's updated budget forecast released by doug elmendorf economicowers its forecast to 1.5% per 2014. half the growth the administration projected in 2009. patty murray released a statement on the budget office. is furtherort evidence that our near-term budget outlook has improved significantly. with the budget deficit declining to where third -- to one third where it was one year ago. we should be tackling education, jobs, infrastructure and research while continuing to look for waste to address our long-term budget challenges. briefing set house the bit underway in just a couple of moments. -- set to get underway. we will go back to the national press club this afternoon for remarks from matthew rosenberg. he was invited back to afghanistan recently. that is expected to begin at 2:00 p.m. eastern. later today, the future of former campaigning with obama and mitt romney campaign staffers. they are expected to talk about the midterm races, discussing those from a technology standpoint. today here on c-span, starting at four clock p.m. easte

then congressional budget office director douglas elmendorf will talk to reporters about the releasef the cbo budget outlook for the next 10 years. live coverage at 11:00 a.m. eastern. earlier this year, conservative groups alleged irs groups were targeting them and called on congress to investigate. house committees brought and irs officials to testify including lois lerner who pled the fifth and was held in contempt of congress. theght, a special look at irs targeting investigation. our issues spotlighting program includes house floor debates. we begin with representatives from conservative groups who were targeted by the irs over their tax exempt status. then lois lerner takes the fifth at a committee hearing. followed by a house floor debate in contempt of congress against her. later, irs commissioner john n onin and -- koskine missing e-mails. our issues spotlighting begins the tea party and other conservative groups. in february, founders of the king street patriots, and alabama tea party, testified at a hearing than they were targeted by the irs after filing for tax exempt sta